Iraq army carries out operation in preparation for the martyrdom anniversary of Imam al-‎Hadi ‎

Rasa – The Iraqi army carried out an operation in the framework of the security plan for the ‎commemoration of the martyrdom anniversary of Imam al-Hadi.‎

News ID: 443807

Date: 08 March 2019 - 17:36

RNA – Major General Imad al-Zuhayri, the commander of the Samarra Operations Command, ‎announced the deaths of three Daesh Takfiri terrorists in an operation in the Iraqi city, which ‎is located 125 kilometres north of the capital, Baghdad. ‎

In a statement, al-Zuhayri said, “According to a detailed intelligence report from the ‎Intelligence and Security Command division, the Iraqi Air Force carried out operations in the ‎towns of al-Kush and al-Awadah districts, north of Samarra, which resulted in the deaths of ‎three terrorists. Their vehicle was also destroyed.”‎
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The statement said noted the operation was carried out within the framework of the security ‎plan for the martyrdom ceremony of the tenth Infallible Imam, Imam Ali ibn Muhammad al-‎Hadi, who is buried in the al-Askariyayn Mosque in Samarra. ‎

The Popular Mobilization Forces and the federal police began a pre-emptive operation to ‎inspect the western areas of Samarra to secure the region in the days prior to the ‎commemoration of the martyrdom ceremony of Imam al-Hadi in Samarra, which will be held ‎on 3 Rajab (10 March).‎

Millions of pilgrims are preparing to go to the holy city of Samarra to commemorate the ‎anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam al-Hadi, while security forces and services were ‎prepared for the ceremony.‎

In December 2017, Iraq declared full liberation of its territories from Daesh after security ‎forces and the Popular Mobilization Forces, backed by an anti-Daesh international coalition, ‎recaptured all areas once seized by the extremist group.‎

Daesh remnants, however, have since melted in urban areas or resorted to deserts and ‎rugged areas as safe havens, carrying out guerilla attacks from time to time against security ‎forces and civilians.‎

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